Buggy-top support



J. J. PINNEY. BUGGY TOP SUPPORT.

Patented Jan. 26. 1886.

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JAMES J. FINNEY, or JUNCTION orrY, TEXAS.

BUGGY-TOP SUPPORT.

iiECIE'JICATIO N forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,856, dated January 26, L886.

Application filed September 8, 1885. Serial No. 176,492. (Modehl 0 at whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES J. FINNEY, of Junction City, in the county of Kimble and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Buggy-Top Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to supports for the tops of buggies or other vehicles, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, ef fective, and durable device for attachment to the folding braces of the vehicle'tops to prevent the accidental folding of the top when the vehicles are on the road.

The invention consists in a buggy top support comprisinga curved elastic plate fixed at one end to one section of the folding brace of the vehicle-top, and having at its other end a shoulder which locks against the other section of the brace to hold the bracesections stiffly in line with each other. The support has an extension at its shouldered end for a fingerpiece which may be pressed to throw the shoulder back from the brace when the top is to be lowered, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure is a side view of part of an ordinary buggy with my improved top-support applied to it. Fig. 2 is an enlarged'side view of the support and adjacent portions of the rear folding brace of the buggy-top. Fig. 3 is a front view of the parts shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a side view of the same parts with the brace partly folded as-when raising or lowering the buggy-top.

My improved support consists of a curved bar or plate, A, of some elastic metal or material,which is fixed at its one end, a, by rivets or screws a, or otherwise, to the upper section, I), of the rear diagonally-ranging bracebar, B, of the buggy-top, and at its other end, a, the support A has a shoulder, 0, formed by a lug, as at a, at the side face of the bar, so that as the buggy-top is raised the outer face of the support A will press against the lower section, b, of the brace-bar B, and when both the brace-bar sections come into line the shoulders at O of the support A will snap in front of the bracebar section b, and prevent the down-folding of the brace-bar, and thus support the buggy-top firmly as the vehicle travels over any ordinary or rough roads. (See Figs. 1, 2, and 3.) The support A has an extension, as at D, which, when the buggy-top is raised, projects beyond the brace-bar B to serve as a finger-piece, which may be pressed or drawn away from the brace-bar section b to throw the shoulder 0 back to allow the brace B to fold as the buggy-top is lowered. The support A by holding the back brace, B, rigidly helps materially to stiffen the upper folding brace, E, of the buggy-top.

It is obvious that the support A is very simple and effective, and may be applied by any one to the folding brace-bars of the tops of either new or old buggies, or other vehicles, and the support is inexpensive and will last quite as long as the vehicle or its. top.

Having thus' described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, the buggy-top support A,comprising a curved plate of elastic material, adaptedto be secured at one end to one section of a folding brace of the top, and provided with a shoulder, 0, adapted to lock against the other section of the folding brace, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The co1nbination,with a folding brace of a buggy or other vehicle top, of the support A, fixed at one end to one section of the folding brace and provided with a shoulder, 0, adapted to lock against the other section of the brace, and also having an extension, D, forming a finger-piece, substantially as herein set forth.

JAMES J. FINNEY.

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J. H. W001), S. W. MELsnN. 

